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For those of you who dose glut for your carbon source: How many gallons is your planted tank, and how much glut do you dose? I am still searching for the balance in my tank. I feel like I am getting closer, but not there yet. I am up to 10mL glut per day in a 60 gallon. I would like to know...

I have a platy that is HUGE. She and her sister were born in my tank to a normal sized blue Mickey Mouse that was prego when I got her. The sister is a healthy size, too, but the one is so huge. She shows no signs of illness or anything. She's gradually grown to this size. Is this just a product...

I have a planted tank and have had what I thought were pond snails for a long time now. I tried preventative measures when I got new plants, but nothing worked and I finally just got some assassin snails, which I have enjoyed having and they keep the snail population at almost nil. About a...

Bought it today. They sold it as green myrio, but that's not it. I found this name by googling--just wondering if anyone can confirm? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

Or are they more water column feeders? Sent from my iPhone using Aquarium Advice

I got home tonight and found one of my red eye tetras floating dead. I have no idea what happened, and I was hoping maybe someone on here has seen something like this before and can shed light on it. I have only been fish keeping for a year and haven't experienced much fish death. I take a...

I have had my Otos for 2 weeks now and they are hilarious. Aside from being awesome algae eaters (my swords are IMMACULATE now), they are funny little fish. They are all business, and if another fish gets in their way, they chase them off like little Yorkies of the aquarium. My favorite is when...

I got my ferts from Greenleaf Aquariums. Last night I mixed up the potassium and phosphate in one bottle and Plantex in the other. Used the 500ml recipes they use, measured on gram scale. Use distilled water plus 5ml of Excel in each bottle. Shook well and let sit overnight. This morning the...

I love using those little orange Nemo-looking veggie clips, but they are always breaking on me. Does anyone know of one that's a little sturdier?

I just purchased two albino BN Plecos. They are currently in a little 10 gallon quarantine tank. They are only about an inch and a half long. Are they big enough to make it ok in my peaceful community tank, or is it better to let them grow a bit more first? My community is 60 gal and has a pearl...

Can someone please ID this plant for me? I bought it in a hurry and have forgotten the name. I usually research my plants, but the store was closing, my 3 year old was getting antsy, and it was 50% off all plants so I just grabbed it and ran. Is it a type of Ludwigia?

These are my two newest acquisitions. How cute are these little guys?? I lost my BN pleco a couple months back. Not sure why (never found remains) but I have doubled filtration and keeping up with weekly water changes to try to prevent a reoccurrence. These guys are in quarantine right now...

I cannot seem to find these guys in stock anywhere right now, either online or locally. I know they are wild caught, so I am wondering if there is something going on with importing them. Anyone know anything?

I was just browsing the beautiful low tech tank photos in another thread. Was just wondering what exactly is a low tech tank?

I can't figure out what is going on in my tank, but something is wrong. One of my neon tetras disappeared without warning. I have not seen my BN pleco in at least a week. My one platy is hiding, another platy is clamping her fins and periodically flashing and losing weight, and the third platy...

My assassin snails earn their keep by keeping the pond snail population in check. Today I found one of my assassins with a baby pond snail hitching a ride on his shell.

What do you make of this article? It discusses quarantine tanks, and the author has some interesting viewpoints on the whole thing. http://briansaquariumcare.com/quarantine.html

I was quite surprised to find this little guy yesterday. I have had two female platies for about a month and a half. I knew they could still have babies after being in a mixed tank in the LFS, but I didn't figure they would survive. I'm not interested in breeding them, but now that this little...

I am currently cycling a 60 gallon tank (basically the same dims as a 55 but slightly taller). I am using this time to research and decide what fish to put in it. The only definite inhabitants at this point are four False Julii Cories (pretty sure one of them is true Julii though). They...

I recently acquired 4 Julii Cories. I bought them in 2 batches of 2. I purchased the first two about a week ago. I just assumed that I was getting False Juliis since they are the prevalent species. I noticed that one was larger and had much darker markings than the other one, but these are...

I am new to fish keeping. I have been doing a lot of research and am in the middle of a fishless cycle that is moving along nicely. I have a 10 gallon with Aqua-Tech 5-10 filter, heater set to 82, bubble wand cranked, gravel substrate, Amazon Swords and Java Fern. I plan to stock with 3...